What recent stuff would that be?
Uh no. Moving it towards the goal, on some issues, yes. On others, no he is moving backwards.
If you can't admit that you don't know what you're talking about, then you're an idiot.

Voting for Kavanaugh was a sacrifice of principle. Voting for gun control was a sacrifice of principle. There were a few other bad votes he had too I cannot recall off the top of my head.
And you don't understand the difference between access and power. If he had power he could force others to do what he wanted... specifically Trump. But he doesn't, he only has access, which may or may not accomplish anything (it usually doesn't).

Well being a Senator is fundamentally different than being a House Rep. It's a day and night difference. Not only are the rules are different but being 1 out of 100 is very different than being 1 out of 435.
Yes Rand has been a lot smarter about more effective about things than Ron has. But he has also sold out his principles. To be fair though Ron had supported some very nasty people for office too.

I just discovered this.... Rand has indeed commented on Barr back in December:
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/rand-paul-barr-nomination-very-troubling-as-far-as-patriot-act-civil-asset-forfeiture

Which is not a principled position. Nor is it consistent with himself.
Barr supports gun control, he supports asset forfeiture, and he was heavily involved in the Ruby Ridge incident. In short, he is part of the Bush machine.

Well first off these military involvements haven't ended yet. Some of the Trump Admin has done some back peddling. No telling if Trump will actually make good on this. Hopefully he does, and it would be wonderful, but he has internal conflicts he has to deal with inside his own house.
And Rand has fallen for the access trap. This is a false sense of power or control. Now that being said, it is great he has such a positive relationship with Trump and that he is able to whisper in Trump's ear on certain things. But not at the expense of principle and actual power.

LOL not at all... I wouldn't want to work for Rand after some of the things he has done. Nor would I want to live in DC.
Plus I have a very different career now, haven't worked full time politics for a few years now.

How did I not realize you were in Minnesota? I thought I recognized you at the Mock Caucus Wed, but didn't know from where. but happy to have seen the legend! Hope to see you around HQ these last few days.